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Counting Principle
Young scholars identify the different outcomes given a situation. For this algebra lesson, students calculate the possible outcome using the counting principle. They compare and analyze patterns to make their predictions.
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Introduction to Economics
Students discover the basic economic problem: scarcity; examine how "there is no such thing as a free lunch" (opportunity costs); and define economics. They act out a play demonstrating basic economic principles.
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Integer Subtraction
Students examine why a negative number subtracted from another number changes the operation to addition.
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Silly Creatures
Students use their artistic skills and knowledge of animals to create pictures of silly creatures.
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Real Life Rights
Students consider modern applications to the Bill Of Rights (how does Ammendment 4 apply to locker searches?) students prepare and role play a mock trial to explore the finer points of the relevance ot the Bill of Rights in the 21st...
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News in Spanish
Young scholars write stories, take photographs, and put together two newspapers-?Que Tal? in Spanish for Spanish I and II students and ?Para Ninos? in English for first through fourth graders.
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Variation on Making Words
Young scholars copy the letters ABEDREF onto their strip of paper and cut the ltters out.
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Agribusiness in a Global Environment Lesson 10
Learners explore opportunities for international trade of agricultural products. They familiarize with factors affecting global marketing.
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Inside Out
Fourth graders, using a straight edge, determine whether a point is inside or outside of a given figure. With worksheets, 4th graders practice analyzing geometric relationships such as parallel to, perpendicular to, etc.
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Learning Respect and Manners
Fourth graders explain the difference between respectful and disrespectful behaviors. They review and explain the six pillars of character, by writing in their journals reasonable ways they can demonstrate the six pillars in their lives.
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The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Shattered Dream
This lesson can be used in American history, social studies, and geography courses in units on westward expansion and the Civil War.
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Narrative Cartoons
Students compare and contrast the traditional superhero cartoon with a narrative cartoon. Students research water resources and usage in Africa and create original narrative cartoons showcasing their findings.
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Seeing Both Sides of an Issue
Young scholars practice the skill of seeing an issue from different points of view.
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Saving Humpty Dumpty;Recycling, Environmental Science, Math, Ecology, Athletic Shoes
Students describe how shoe design, manufacturing, retailing, consumer use, and disposal impact environments and societies. They discuss ways to reduce, reuse, or recycle resources in the life-cycle for a shoe product.
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Messy Cookies
Fourth graders explain the idea of a missing factor in an equation. They recognize, represent and solve mathematical situations using patterns and symbols.
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Language Arts: Novel Guides
Students discuss the Revolution and consider the causes of the war, the attitudes of the colonists, and the position of the British. Then students explore American involvement in wars since the country's inception.
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Building Budgets
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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Teaching Money
Students identify the coins and bills used in the United States. They write the amounts of each bill and coin and practicing counting different amounts. They follow a demonstration about how to count money as well.
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Food Intake and Physical Activity
Fourth graders graph their estimations of caloric intake and caloric expenditures.
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Investigation 5 - Balloon Rockets
Third graders make a ballon rocket to study the relationship between the force applied to an object and the resulting motion.
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The Five Food Groups
Students explore the five food groups as well as the specific foods found in each of these groups.
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Growth and Development
Students read the folktale, "The Magical Stone", and discuss questions imbedded in the lesson.
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"My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," by Mel Glenn
Students read, "My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," discuss it and write a response to one of the poems.
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The ABCs of Healthy Foods
First graders, after reviewing the food pyramid, look for fat, sugar, and salt in food.
